1 Kings 3:9

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1 Kings 3:9

So give Your servant an obedient heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?”

James 1:5

Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.

2 Samuel 14:17

Your servant thought: May the word of my lord the king bring relief, for my lord the king is able to discern the good and the bad like the Angel of God. May the Lord your God be with you.”

Psalm 72:1-2

Solomonic.God, give Your justice to the king
and Your righteousness to the king’s son.

Hebrews 5:14

But solid food is for the mature—for those whose senses have been trained to distinguish between good and evil.

Proverbs 2:3-9

furthermore, if you call out to insight
and lift your voice to understanding,

1 Chronicles 22:12

Above all, may the Lord give you insight and understanding when He puts you in charge of Israel so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of Yours?”

Psalm 119:34

Help me understand Your instruction,
and I will obey it
and follow it with all my heart.

Psalm 119:144

Your decrees are righteous forever.
Give me understanding, and I will live.

Proverbs 16:16

Get wisdom—
how much better it is than gold!
And get understanding—
it is preferable to silver.

Isaiah 11:2-4

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on Him—
a Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
a Spirit of counsel and strength,
a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

Exodus 3:11-12

But Moses asked God, “Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?”

Exodus 4:10-13

But Moses replied to the Lord, “Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent—either in the past or recently or since You have been speaking to Your servant—because I am slow and hesitant in speech.”

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard about the judgment the king had given, and they stood in awe of the king because they saw that God’s wisdom was in him to carry out justice.

1 Chronicles 29:19

Give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and to carry out all Your commands, Your decrees, and Your statutes, and to build the temple for which I have made provision.

Psalm 119:73

י YodYour hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding
so that I can learn Your commands.

Proverbs 3:13-18

Happy is a man who finds wisdom
and who acquires understanding,

Proverbs 14:8

The sensible man’s wisdom is to consider his way,
but the stupidity of fools deceives them.

Proverbs 20:12

The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.

Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wisdom is as good as an inheritance
and an advantage to those who see the sun,

Ecclesiastes 7:19

Wisdom makes the wise man stronger
than ten rulers of a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:15-18

Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.

Jeremiah 1:6

But I protested, “Oh no, Lord, God! Look, I don’t know how to speak since I am only a youth.”

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:14

But John tried to stop Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”

John 5:30

“I can do nothing on My own. I judge only as I hear, and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

1 Corinthians 2:14-15

But the unbeliever does not welcome what comes from God’s Spirit, because it is foolishness to him; he is not able to understand it since it is evaluated spiritually.

2 Corinthians 2:16

To some we are an aroma of death leading to death, but to others, an aroma of life leading to life. And who is competent for this?

2 Corinthians 3:5

It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.

Ephesians 5:17

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

Philippians 1:10

so that you can approve the things that are superior and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ,

James 3:17

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy.

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1 Kings 3:9

Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?

Give therefore

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Who is able

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